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Pink Comport with Corn Flower / Cornflower Decoration – W.J. Hughes

25 Saturday Jul 2015

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Pink Corn Flower Bowl (2)When the weather is nice, the garden beckons.  It is hard to want to stay in and take photos of pieces of glass, regardless of their beauty.  It rained today so I am trying to get caught up a bit.

A two week road trip only resulted in two purchases of glass.  You just don’t see the pieces that I was seeking in Canada.  Lots of beautiful furniture in Quebec and the Maritimes and lots of pressed Canadian glass, but not much of the American plate etched pieces that I admire.

I bought this pretty comport in Toronto awhile back.  It is featured in Walter T. Lemiski’s book – Elegant Glass with Corn Flower (page 56).  It is the 8 1/2 inch comport and stands 4 5/8 inches tall.  No idea which company made the blank.  If anyone knows – please share!

More Cornflower – Update to Corn Flower Bud Vase Made on Louie Glass or West Virginia Glass Blank

05 Saturday Jul 2014

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Corn Flower Tumblers (2)I don’t know why I keep picking up pieces of Corn Flower….but I do.  I don’t know who made these tumblers, but they join my collection.

 

 

 

Original post of February 9, 2014

001I am always excited to find one of my pieces in a book.  If it’s in a book it must be true!  (saith the old fashioned librarian) Tee hee.

These pieces are very common – see them all over the place!  Crimped edge bud vase.  This was cut by the Hughes Company.  Krista Taylor – Canadian Identification & Price Guide to W.J. Hughes Corn Flower (neat book) – indicates that the blanks were produced by the Louie Glass Company and West Virginia Glass.  Her sources were a 1951 company catalogue and a 1981 catalogue.

In 1951 the vase cost $1.00.  In 1981 the price was $7.50.  I can’t recall what I paid for it!

Hughes Cornflower Center Handled Dish on Imperial Candlewick Blank

31 Monday Mar 2014

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Hughes Cornflower Centre Handled DishI have sworn a million times that I am not going to buy any more Corn Flower, unless it is a coloured piece.  However, pieces keep following me home!

This weekend we took a trip down to the Niagara area.  Picked up a few pieces here and there.  Stopped in at Around the Block in Toronto.  What a great place!  They have a nice variety of good quality items of all kinds.  Very clean and bright and nicely arranged.  Definitely worth a visit.

This is a consignment shop with a difference.  Every month the prices of items decrease by 10%.  The price drops are shown right on the tags.  I bought this Hughes/Imperial plate and another dish which I will showcase soon.  Oh yes…a glass too.

The trouble with these center handled pieces is that they are large and correspondingly, more of a pain to store!  But….it is pretty, isn’t it?